Will Zeltiq Affect Tattoo? (photo)

asked 4 months ago by cindymd in Rockville, MD
Latest answer by Jourdan Gottlieb, MD
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Hi, I have a full back tattoo, and would like to know if zeltiq procedure will hurt the ink? Thank you, Cindy

5 answers to Will Zeltiq Affect Tattoo? (photo)

Coolsculpting and tattoos

Great tattoo! CoolSculpting should not have any negative impact on the tatooed skin as the skin is protected with a gel pad during the treatment.

Jourdan Gottlieb, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

CoolSculpting by Zeltiq will not damage your tattoo

There is no possible damage theoretically possible from CoolSculpting's freezing of the fatty tissue, to your full back tattoo. The Zeltiq's device draws in the skin and fat into the device's handpiece and freezes the fatty tissue which kills some of the fat cells. In four months there is a 20% fat reduction in the majority of paitents. The tattoo pigment lies in the dermis and is not destroyed by feezing. see video

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

www.thenyac.com

Will CoolSculpting affect a tatoo?

Hi Cindy, There should be no problem having CoolSculpting on areas which have a tatoo. The CoolSculpting process carefully controls the cooling process so that the temperatures reached are so that the fat is affected but the skin is spared.